Water and climate in the western United States [[electronic resource] /] / William M. Lewis Jr., editor

• Pubblicazione: Boulder, Colo, : University Press of Colorado, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.6/1/0978
• Soggetto topico: Water-supply - West (U.S.); Hydrometeorology - West (U.S.)
• Soggetto geografico: West (U.S.) Climate
• Altri autori: LewisWilliam M. <1945->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; Part One: Prospects for Understanding and Predicting Variability of Climate; 1: Predicting Climate Variations in the American West: What Are Our Prospects?; 2: Climate Variability in the West: Complex Spatial Structure Associated With Topography, and Observational Issues; 3: Dendrochronological Evidence for Long-Term Hydroclimatic Variability; 4: Acquisition, Management, and Dissemination of Climate Data; Part Two: Linkages Between Prediction of Climate and Hydrology; 5: Use of Weather and Climate Information in Forecasting Water Supply in the Western United States ; 6: Assessing the Effects of Climate Change on the Water Resources of the Western United States7: Improving Water-Resource System Performance Through Long-Range Climate Forecasts: The Pacific Northwest Experience; 8: Has Modeling of Water Resources on the Basis of Climate and Hydrology Reached Its Full Potential?; Part Three: Responses of Water Managers to Climate Variability and Climate Change; 9: What Can Water Managers Do About Climate Variability and Change?; 10: Management of Colorado River Resources; 11: Water Development and Management Along the South Platte River of Colorado ; 12: Can Climate Predictions Be of Practical Use in Western Water Management?Color Plates; Part Four: Perspectives on Society, Institutions, and Water; 13: A Changing Geography: Growth, Land Use, and Water in the Interior West; 14: Constraints of Law and Policy on the Management of Western Water; 15: Economic and Institutional Strategies for Adapting to Water-Resource Effects of Climate Change; 16: Climate Variability: Social, Policy, and Institutional Issues; Part Five: Analyzing the Analysts; 17: Western Water Resources and "Climate of Opinion" Variables; About the Contributors; Index
• Titolo autorizzato: Water and climate in the western United States
• ISBN: 1-280-50123-5; 9786610501236; 0-87081-753-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780349503321
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